The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-09-03
HOW TO BECOME PLUMP,


HOW TO BECOME PLUMP.
Some Valuable Advice to People whs
Have But Little Flesh.
every woman who is thin would
like to be stouter," says Brillat
Savarin in his fragmentary chapter
'On Leanness," from which, however,
the following sentence is worth citing:
"Men fatten sheep. calves, oxen.
poultry, carp, craw-tish, oysters and
hence l believe the general maxim:
Whatever eats can be fattened, provid.
ed the food is well and suitably
chosen"
The famous Mr.. Banting, who re.
duccd his weight by more than fifty
pounds in one year, found that sugar
was the most fattening thing he could
eat. Hence, to increase your weight
eat cakes, buildings, syrup. honey,
candy and pastry, always taking care
that it be crisp and digestible. for in.
digestible food is a chief cause OF
leanness. New En- gland pie.crust
is probably responsible for
the appearance of the typical
gaunt Yankee. Other fattening
articles of food are tender lamb, sal
mon and cells. milk and cream, corn
bread and butter, and those vegeta-
bles which grow under ground and Of
which sugar is made--beets, turnips,
etc. Boiled or baked potatoes, mashed
on the plate and seasoned with salt
and fresh butter, make y delicious
dish. rapidly fattening. Eat often and
very slowly, for it is not the quantity
that is eaten. but the amount that is
thoroughly digested that nourishes the
system and rounds in bodily contour.
Bismarck's private physician, DR..
Schwennenger, owes his international
reputation to his success in diminish
ing the Chancellor's weight. The
secret of his method is never to allow
his patient to drink with his meals, or
if lie does drink to du So sparin ely.
Hence follows the converse rule that
if you covet stoutness you should
drink freely with your meals, always,
however, in such away as to not
interfere with the digestive processes.
That is, you should never drink while
you have food in your month, for the
food ought to be moistened by saliva
alone. Ice water, too, should be
always avoided. 1t chills the stomach
and is the cause of three-fourths of the
indigestion and consequent leanness in
this country. Mountain tourists know
that ice water never qucnches the
thirst. Yet we constantly spoil our
water by putting in ice. The ice
sho uld never be allowed to come in
contact with tire water we drink, but
only with the outside of the pitcher.
In this way we avoid also the dangers
from microbes hidden in impure ice.
Air is food, as much as beef. the
only difference being that food is
assimilated in the stomach. air in the
lungs. Hence, il you wish to be
plump, become an air-glutton.
Breathe all the fresh air you can
get, and avoid foul, stuffy air, espc-
cially at night, as you would putrid
meat. Always breathe through tho
nose. and cultivate the habit of slowly
filling your lungs with twice as much
air as you commonly inhale, cxhalin9
it again as slowly. This purliies The
blood and stimulates the appetite.
Frequent warm baths before retiring,
or cold sponge baths in the morning.
followed by brisk friction with coarse
lowell, have the same effect.
Exercise is commonly prescribed as
q method of reducing ones weight.
and brisk and long-continued exercise
does have this effect. But moderate
exercise is all antidote against lean
ness, because it stimulates the appc.
tite, and thus more than, atones for
the loss following muscular move-
ment. Besides. If cxer else is altogeth-
er avoided there is danger Of losing
grace and symmetry.
Brain-rest Is especially indicated in
tho case Of those who object to lean.
ness. Moderate brain.cxercise is, in.
deed. essential to perfect health. but
excess should be carefully avoided.
excitement and worry are
fatal to the chances Of becoming plump
and pretty. II an annoying thought
laurts you. forcibly fix your attention
Oh something else. Above all. never
allow such thoughts to torment you
after retiring, and thus to pass dis.
agrecably into your dreams. Eight
hours Of d,camless sleep, in we'll
loom, form the most potent
cosmetic known to man or woman
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